Curriculum
Northrop has, along with all Indiana public high schools, adopted a credit system called "Core 40", requiring 40 credits (four years of English, three years of Math, Social Studies, and Science, and ten to twelve elective credits, plus two semesters of Physical Education, and a credit in Health Education). Northrop also offers a slightly more rigorous Academic Honors Diploma, which requires 47 credits.
Northrop once operated on the Block 4 school schedule, which divided the academic year into two semesters and each semester into two terms. A term was nine weeks, and four classes were scheduled per term that met every day. Academic achievement declined nationwide in schools following this schedule, so beginning in fall of 2010, Northrop returned to a traditional 7 period day, students arrive at 7:00am and First period starts at 7:30.
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